Frederick Dudgeon
Frederick Dudgeon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1866 |
| Died | 1943 (aged 76–77) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1885–1927 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | 50th (Northumbrian) Division (1923–27) 8th Infantry Brigade (1919–21) 56th (1/1st London) Division (1917–18) 42nd Infantry Brigade (1915–17) 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (1915) |
| Battles / wars | First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Frederick Annesley Dudgeon, CB (1866–1943) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Dudgeon was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment on 29 August 1885.[1]
Dudgeon served on the Western Front in the First World War, being promoted to temporary colonel in September 1914,[2] as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment from 1915 and as commander, with the temporary rank of brigadier general,[3] of the 42nd Infantry Brigade from later that year. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1915 Birthday Honours,[4] and was promoted to substantive colonel in February 1916.[5] In August 1917 he was promoted to temporary major general[6] and became general officer commanding (GOC) of the 56th (1/1st London) Division.[7]
After the war Dudgeon became commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in October 1919 and then succeeded Major General Percival Spearman Wilkinson as GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division from July 1923,[8] before he retired in July 1927.[9][10]
References
- ^ "No. 25506". The London Gazette. 28 August 1885. p. 4084.
- ^ "No. 28968". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 November 1914. p. 9109.
- ^ "No. 29307". The London Gazette. 24 September 1915. p. 9436.
- ^ "No. 12822". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 June 1915. p. 907.
- ^ "No. 29534". The London Gazette. 4 April 1916. p. 3559.
- ^ "No. 30281". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 September 1917. p. 9447.
- ^ "Private Papers of Major-General F A Dudgeon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 32844". The London Gazette. 13 July 1923. p. 4854.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 32844". The London Gazette. 13 July 1923. p. 4854.